WHAT IT IS: Kidd G—born Jonathan Gabriel Horne—has found success by staying true to his roots. The small-town Georgia native started creating music at 15 and soon developed the gritty, melodic and genre-blending sound he’s known for, evident on his breakthrough single “Dirt Road.” Inspired by classic country and hip-hop, Kidd G dropped his album, Down Home Boy, in 2021, followed by a deluxe version. His tracks have gotten spins on stations including KIXX (Australia), surpassed 1.5m monthly Spotify listeners and reached new peaks on coveted playlists like Amazon Music’s Country Heat (peaked at #2) and Spotify’s Hot Country (peaked at #10).
ALBUM: Down Home Boy
RELEASE DATE: 9/24/21
SINGLE: “Summer Heat”
LIVE: Touring all of 2022 (selling between 700-1k tickets most markets for headlining shows); performing Boots n Hearts, Barefoot Country Music Fest, Twin Cities Summer Jam, CMA Fest, SunFest, more
INTERNET: 1.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 1.3m+ TikTok followers, 19m+ likes; 450k+ Instagram followers
PRESS: N.Y. Times (Best Albums of 2021, Best New Country Album); Spotify Hot Country Artist to Watch
BOOKING: Matthew Morgan/UTA
MANAGEMENT: Mike Bachta, Aimee Beren, Rich Egan, Dirk Hemsath/Hard 8/Working Group Management